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Originally Posted by nicholas
Au contraire (for me at least,) recording at 24 bit brings with it the significant advantage of more headroom, making it easier to avoid clipping. This makes it easier to obtain a good clean recording, especially when you are dealing with a vocalist who has the tendency to scream from time to time. 
The mix of course gets rendered down as 16 bit eventually anyway ...  |
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Originally Posted by norbury brook
Research has shown that for music distribution, 16 Bit @ 44.1 kHz (CD standard) is indistinguishable from 24 Bit @ 196 kHz in a sample of over 550 listeners. In other words, more Bits and higher Bit-rates are not going to improve the quality of your tracks.
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The whole first paragraph is referring to distribution, NOT actual tracking.
Recording in 24 bits is the way to go.